The announcement confirms an earlier story by Reuters, citing sources, that EDF, the world's second-largest utility, had agreed to sell its British power grids for more than 5.5 billion pounds to the two companies controlled by Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing. [ID:nNN2925276].

Trading in shares of CKI and HKE will resume at 0630 GMT on Friday. (Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee, Editing by Jacqueline Wong)